The Axiom of Choice and the Road Paved by Sierpiński

Hopos: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science 10 (2):504-523 (2020)
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From 1908 to 1916, articles supporting the axiom of choice were scant. The situation changed in 1916, when Wacław Sierpiński published a series of articles reviving the debate. The posterity of the axiom of choice as we know it would be unimaginable without Sierpiński’s efforts.

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Valérie Lynn Therrien
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About the axiom of choice.Thomas J. Jech - 1977 - In Jon Barwise & H. Jerome Keisler (eds.), Handbook of Mathematical Logic. North-Holland Pub. Co.. pp. 90--345.
Neuer Beweis für die Möglichkeit einer Wohlordnung.Ernst Zermelo - 1907 - Mathematische Annalen 65 (1):107-128.

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